Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as
Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is รle Bizard. The city is 196ย km (122ย mi) east of the national capital, Ottawa, and 258ย km (160ย mi) southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.